Subgenre Sampler
Independent: 834 Films to Buy & Rent
I Like It Like That (1994)
- Dir. Darnell Martin
Feat. Griffin Dunne, Rita Moreno
- Dynamic, funny Bronx comedy in which a young mother takes on a job at a record company while juggling the demands of her children, headstrong husband…
Kill the Moonlight (1994)
- Dir. Steve Hanft
Feat. Thomas Hendrix
- Idiosyncratic 'slacker' feature from prolific music video dir. Hanft, observes the efforts of a deadbeat California cleaner (Hendrix) to make it as a…
Killing Zoe (1994)
- Dir. Roger Avary
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy
- A heist movie as grim and graceless as its title bears the Tarantino monicker (as executive producer) but director Avary only proves he has much to…
Little Odessa (1994)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Vanessa Redgrave…
- Fugutive assassin Tim Roth returns home to the Russian quarter of New York, where personal problems compound the stresses of the job. Portrait of a…
Love and a 45 (1994)
- Dir. C.M. Talkington
Feat. Rory Cochrane, Michael Bowen
- A Tarantino knock–off in which lovers–on–the–run go wild at heart in a world of eccentric misfits, ultra–violence,…
Love and Human Remains (1994)
- Dir. Denys Arcand
Feat. Thomas Gibson, Ruth Marshall, Cameron Bancroft…
- A fascinating hybrid of twentysomething romantic comedy, cynical social satire and mystery thriller, adapted from an accomplished stageplay by the…
My Crazy Life (Mi Vida Loca) (1994)
- Dir. Allison Anders
Feat. Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas
- Latino, girl–centic spin on BOYZ 'N THE HOOD from the director of GAS, FOOD, LODGING derives its script from anecdotes from real gang girls and…
Naked in New York (1994)
- Dir. Dan Algrant
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio…
- Insecure playwright Eric Stoltz copes with the varying successes of his own career, girlfriend Mary–Louise Parker and college pal Ralph…
New Age, The (1994)
- Dir. Michael Tolkin
Feat. Peter Weller, Judy Davis
- Peter Weller and Judy Davis are a restless, avaricious L.A. couple who seek fortune and/or meaning in their lives. Another icy, cynical hybrid of…
Pret-a-Porter (1994)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren…
- Director Altman's take on the Paris fashion industry hasn't the edgy sarcasm or the incisiveness of his THE PLAYER and SHORT CUTS, but is…